Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Plan

I am fortunate to have a very large room including walk in closet and vanity to house and work on all my craft supplies. My craft room also doubles as my home office, so the desk can get extremely cluttered. I also have a very bad habit of not finishing what I start, and combine that with being a visual person, my room is a mess. I am interested in so many different crafting mediums, and I have to have all the tools. The kids are in college, and we are thinking that we may downsize our home in the not to distant future. I don't want to give up my craft stuff without a fight. So I need to have a plan.It's the day before my 49th birthday. And I've decided to write about my journey to clean out my craft room. Not by just putting it away, or getting rid of stuff, but by using my stash.The starting point - incriminating photos. This represents most of the supplies - I'll save you from the under and on top of the desk and the floor stash.

The Plan

Figure
out if there is a craft style that I truly love and would be able to take with
me to a smaller home

Complete
craft projects – or dispose

Use
up my stash

Make
stuff for me & our house. I have so many artsy craftsy things that others have made
for me, but very little that I have done.

Make stuff for family and friends

Make
stuff just to use up the product and then try to sell it

Give
away supplies for things I don’t like doing

Rule
#1 Put away everything at the end of the day – that means I probably need to
clear off a shelf right away so I have some place to put unfinished project

Rule
#2 Purchase only what is needed to complete a project like adhesive – OK I have
an exception. If while on my travels, I
find something that I gotta have

The
craft has to either be a complete kit

Must
be something for me

Must
fit in with my themes for my house

Rule
#3 Always bring a project when I travel,
these are where all my kits come in handy